PDF Properties
Using a custom set of XML tags inside your HTML, you can insert both custom metadata as well as instructions for how the PDF would be viewed in a PDF viewer application (subject of course to that application supporting those features).
Options
You use the (optional) tag <pdfproperties> and within that tag you
can insert <metainfo> and <pdfpreferences>
sections as shown in the instructions below. Within the
<metainfo> tag, you can add <prop> tags
with @name, @value attribute pairs with the data you wish
to store in the PDF metadata. Anything without one of the recognized, standard PDF
names (author, title, subject,
creator, keywords) are stored in custom metadata in
the PDF.
The <pdfpreferences> section allows you to insert one or more
<pref> tags with specific @name,
@value pairs that control the way the resulting PDF is displayed
with a viewer that supports standard PDF view attributes. The support
name, @value pairs are listed below and grouped into
all the available categories:
General PDF Options
These options let you control some general information about the generated PDF.
bookmarks - sets whether PDF bookmarks are generated or not. The default
is "false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want
bookmarks in PDF. Note that bookmarks are only generated for interpreted
hierarchical information. All h1 elements and there following
h2 elements and so on. Skipping levels will break the sequence and
the bookmarks will not be correct.
pdf-version - sets the PDF version number. The default is version 1.5
for Cloudformatter but you set @value to values like "1.3", "1.4",
"1.6" or "1.7" if you wish to change the version. Be aware thar some other features
could be disabled by setting the version too low.
compress - sets whether the PDF is compressed or not. The default is
"true" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "false" if you want
uncompressed PDF.
linearize - sets whether the PDF is linearized or not. The default is
"false" for Cloudformatter. You can set @value to "true" if you want to
optimize a long PDF for web view.
PDF View Options
These options let you control how the PDF when opened appears to the end user.
view-mode - Choose from one of the following:
auto- If there are bookmarks in the document, the bookmarks pane is displayed. Otherwise, all auxiliary panes are hidden.show-none- All auxiliary panes are hidden.show-bookmarks- The bookmarks pane is displayed.show-thumbnails- The thumbnails pane is displayed.full-screen- The document is displayed in full screen-mode.
initial-zoom - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Page scaling is not specified.fit- The page is scaled to fit completely into the view port.fit-width- The page is scaled so that its width matches the width of the view port.fit-height- The page is scaled so that its height matches the height of the view port.###or####%- The page is scaled by the number or percentage specified.
page-layout - Choose from one of the following:
auto- Uses settings of viewer application.single-page- Displays one page at a time.continuous- Displays pages continuously in one column.two-columns-left- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-columns-right- Displays pages continuously in two columns, with odd-numbered pages to the right.two-pages-left- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the left.two-pages-right- Displays pages in two columns, by two pages at a time, with odd-numbered pages to the right.
viewer-preferences - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
hide-toolbar- Hides the viewer application's tool bars when the document is active.hide-menubar- Hides the viewer application's menu bar when the document is active.hide-window-ui- Hides user interface elements in the document's window (such as scroll bars and navigation controls), leaving only the document's contents displayed.fit-window- Resizes the document's window to fit the size of the first displayed page.center-window- Positions the document's window in the center of the screen.display-document-title- Controls whether the window's title bar displays the document title taken from the "title" metadata field.
PDF Security
These options allow you to specify owner and user security in the PDF output. User-level security can inject a password to be used to open the PDF, while owner-level security can control what can be done with the PDF (like printing it or copying the data from it).
userpassword - Sets the user password that must be entered to view the
PDF. There are no options, the @value passed is the password to be
used.
ownerpassword - Sets the owner password that must be entered to enable
advanced processing of the PDF. There are no options, the @value passed
is the password to be used. An ownerpassword is used to lock down certain privledges
that an owner will grant to a recipient of the PDF. Without the owner password,
recipients can be restricted from certain things. By default they are restricted
from everything, and you can then specify what additional things you allow by using
userpriviledges.
userpriviledges - A comma separated list of the following
possibilities:
print- Enables printing the document.modify- Enables editing the document.copy- Enables copying text and images from the document to the clipboard.annotate- Enables adding notations to the document and changing the field values.
PDF Pre-Press Options
These allow you to specify crop marks, bleeds and registration marks to be applied to the PDF.
crop-offset - specify offsets from the meaningful content on the page to
the edges of the physical media (/MediaBox entry in the PDF page dictionary). Its
value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from the edges of the
page area to the corresponding edges of the /MediaBox. Rules for expanding the value
are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
bleed - specify the bleeds — an extra space around the page area into
which the contents of the page may protrude (/BleedBox entry in the PDF page
dictionary). Its value is a series of 1 to 4 length specifiers that set offsets from
the edges of the page area to the corresponding edges of the /BleedBox. Rules for
expanding the value are the same as for the padding property in CSS.
crop-mark-width - defines line width for the crop marks, setting it to 0
disables drawing of crop marks.
bleed-mark-width - defines line width for the bleed marks, setting it to
0 disables drawing of bleed marks.
printer-mark - specify additional SVG images to be drawn in the offset
area surrounding the page (specified by crop-offset and bleed parameters). Printer
marks are clipped to the outside of the bleed rectangle. The @value is
a URL to an SVG you have. This sample has two URLs (one for a colorbar and one for a
registration mark) you can also use if you like.
The following code is what is behind this page for producing the PDF. Of course, you would only see the things supported by your PDF viewer you use. If you wish to see them all in action, then use "download" and Adobe Reader to view the PDF.
Recent changes in some browsers will not treat this XML as XML. Instead it tries (incorrectly) to not close tags. For best results, be sure to use open and close tags and not a self-closing tag.
<pdfproperties style="display:none;">
<metainfo>
<prop name="author" value="Xportability LLC"></prop>
<prop name="title"
value="Xportability Cloudformatter: Showing Custom
PDF Properties"></prop>
<prop name="subject" value="A Cloudformatter Document"></prop>
<prop name="creator" value="css2pdf@cloudformatter.com"></prop>
<prop name="keywords" value="CSS, PDF, Cloudformatter"></prop>
<prop name="custom1" value="value1"></prop>
<prop name="custom2" value="value2"></prop>
<prop name="custom3" value="value3"></prop>
<prop name="custom4" value="value4"></prop>
</metainfo>
<pdfpreferences>
<pref name="bookmarks" value="true"></pref>
<pref name="pdf-version" value="1.6"></pref>
<pref name="view-mode" value="auto"></pref>
<pref name="initial-zoom" value="fit-height"></pref>
<pref name="page-layout" value="two-columns-left"></pref>
<pref name="viewer-preferences" value="display-document-title"></pref>
<pref name="crop-offset" value="0.5in"></pref>
<pref name="crop-mark-width" value="1px"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/registration.svg"></pref>
<pref name="printer-mark"
value="http://www.cloudformatter.com/Resources/Images/colorbar.svg"></pref>
</pdfpreferences>
</pdfproperties>
Sample Output H2
Molestie sed dignissim eum qui ad vel facer dolores sanctus et sit at sed. Takimata dolore lorem nobis dolore consetetur dolore ipsum rebum diam. Lorem consetetur at exerci sadipscing elitr et tempor soluta vel lobortis gubergren sadipscing tincidunt voluptua justo erat commodo. Clita diam sed lorem magna feugiat dolores sea odio sit et zzril facilisi vulputate dolore dolor tempor minim. Stet vero stet nonumy nam no dignissim dolore sea sed takimata at aliquip duis ea. Tempor sea diam facilisis aliquyam voluptua ut sit diam sea iriure dolor eirmod feugiat vero lobortis. Aliquam dolores eos lorem velit ipsum amet euismod. Dolore erat zzril accusam vero ea in stet accusam sadipscing dolor invidunt sit tempor diam sit ipsum nonumy.
Et dolore est dolores accusam sed vel in. Lorem est quis sit justo et est est et vulputate erat invidunt vero eirmod. Consetetur ea kasd ea et iusto ut vero dolor est voluptua sea. Dolore lorem sit aliquip rebum dolor ipsum nonumy blandit ut et sit consequat diam sea elitr. Labore eum nibh gubergren et ipsum ut et amet velit gubergren. Ad sit consetetur veniam. Vero accusam in sit. Et justo et voluptua erat invidunt dolor nulla feugiat amet kasd consequat. Sit rebum ipsum takimata illum nulla labore vulputate dolor.
Sample Output H3
Sit eirmod ipsum ut. Dolores in et eos vero. Consetetur consequat dolor justo lorem accusam ea. Eu eu justo et voluptua ipsum dolore duis sea gubergren erat et amet nulla veniam vero et. Nonumy vulputate veniam.
Et minim luptatum ipsum. Sed stet ea dolor aliquam accusam illum amet dolore sit sanctus no vero justo dolore quis consetetur dolor. Dolores sanctus voluptua iusto sea eu at duis erat sit sed iriure erat autem. Ut amet ad. Ea diam amet lorem elitr labore.
Sample Output H4
Et autem sed lorem magna quis sed invidunt takimata sanctus lorem lorem delenit autem feugait stet. Lorem ea diam consequat est consectetuer tempor sit sea. Ut accusam consequat aliquyam takimata iriure lorem. Sit lorem et minim magna tempor exerci clita rebum nonumy gubergren invidunt ut wisi et duis labore et. Facilisis kasd clita eros takimata et clita eos et lorem vero. Nulla sed possim nulla sed sea eos diam diam at elitr illum dolor. Sed sit esse nonumy at elitr elitr et eos dolor.
Gubergren dolore justo ea sadipscing tincidunt eirmod est dolore no et et at et ea kasd labore lorem. Erat at sit erat dolores nisl sed aliquyam labore diam est nonumy placerat aliquip sadipscing consequat. Ea ut nobis labore nonummy sadipscing iusto dolore aliquyam magna rebum. Vero dolore iusto justo aliquyam no lobortis gubergren. Dolor aliquyam et illum ipsum facilisis. Ipsum mazim ipsum enim at consequat veniam voluptua tempor. Ut esse ipsum. Tempor erat dolor. Sea veniam eu invidunt vero gubergren nisl in veniam labore. Justo dolor diam ipsum. Sed sanctus quis.
Sample Output H4
At duo nulla magna clita clita. Iriure labore lorem feugait justo tempor amet lorem ea blandit aliquyam voluptua kasd est et sed dolore dolor et. Eirmod labore justo. No magna autem et dolore dolor eirmod ea et molestie nulla. Duo justo option rebum consectetuer. Kasd amet et stet est vero ipsum feugait et aliquyam nonummy vero magna iriure. Amet adipiscing tempor diam stet accusam. Lorem rebum gubergren sed augue diam nostrud erat eirmod dolores vero et gubergren takimata eos iusto doming elitr erat. Molestie no et sadipscing nisl ut aliquyam justo nisl dolore et qui diam lorem sit exerci kasd.
Diam amet lorem sed aliquyam amet elitr dolore. Voluptua diam gubergren feugiat labore ut consetetur nonumy iriure dolores vel duis dolor sed quod dolor feugait lorem iriure. Kasd magna aliquyam eu feugiat dolor tempor gubergren volutpat eos sadipscing ipsum. Accusam sadipscing euismod sit sadipscing dolor vero tincidunt sanctus magna eum sed ea erat tincidunt gubergren magna et. Consequat dolor ipsum veniam luptatum sed sit magna rebum diam dolor et et est sed diam rebum justo.
Sample Output H3
Diam justo tempor est amet invidunt lorem eleifend eos diam. Dolore ipsum ipsum sit ipsum eos imperdiet sea takimata sadipscing lorem. Dolor molestie no illum sanctus accusam ipsum ad hendrerit odio. In eu dolores elitr lorem nonummy elitr duo elitr accusam esse est justo exerci lorem erat. Consequat gubergren tempor iusto et hendrerit exerci in diam dolor congue dolor justo stet nulla delenit stet. Dolor feugiat minim dolore dolor ea quod clita hendrerit sea nonumy nonumy sea accusam. Amet diam enim qui vel. Nonumy sed consequat sea diam consetetur.
Takimata vero feugait sanctus est stet et ullamcorper eirmod sit et erat accusam. Zzril kasd sit amet diam dolor et. Ipsum amet stet. Aliquip diam amet invidunt blandit accusam justo suscipit labore labore. Labore consequat tation vel rebum exerci invidunt. Facilisi ut sea duis feugait nibh consequat praesent molestie justo accusam diam delenit. Et dolore erat.
Sample Output H4
Erat sit no eos diam magna at praesent sadipscing esse facilisis diam duis sit luptatum accumsan augue diam. Lorem autem ipsum eirmod et hendrerit stet. Sed sed stet diam et amet consetetur facilisi dolor ipsum dolore labore vel ut sea sed rebum et. Vel eleifend dolor tempor gubergren sed diam sed amet no diam diam sadipscing ea et. Hendrerit erat dolore kasd eirmod ipsum assum ipsum voluptua voluptua diam sed invidunt nonumy. Invidunt tempor diam eirmod euismod sadipscing et lorem et erat dolore consetetur ipsum consequat et euismod justo. Et dolores iriure dolore ea sed sed stet facilisis sed et sit no et veniam nulla sed diam consequat.
No diam euismod sanctus magna hendrerit no ipsum molestie eirmod wisi hendrerit est invidunt nisl duo. Ipsum tempor sit ad dolor amet. Eirmod lorem no. Justo sadipscing lorem erat accumsan sed ullamcorper clita nonumy nulla. Eos et at voluptua eos invidunt kasd ipsum ex lorem magna molestie erat. Autem sit iriure consetetur tempor tempor sed dolor facilisis odio erat. Vulputate feugiat rebum eros no erat vero lorem.
Sample Output H4
Eos labore accusam cum facilisis justo est duis odio. Autem consectetuer gubergren nonumy aliquyam justo ut kasd sed. Sanctus dignissim feugiat. Ipsum magna aliquyam elitr amet dolor delenit ut. Dolores wisi dolor eos sit kasd hendrerit nihil. Ea velit erat est ut at sit.
Nonummy et sea laoreet velit facer et aliquip sit aliquyam clita commodo. At accusam takimata consetetur in takimata nulla wisi amet erat dolor diam. Elitr suscipit sadipscing id stet. Est vero labore commodo et no erat sit sit rebum adipiscing duis adipiscing stet sit delenit sed ipsum. Ipsum takimata sed gubergren no eos at commodo feugiat congue.
More Sample Output H2
Consectetuer adipiscing et nihil quis sed aliquyam vero. Augue ullamcorper nulla diam luptatum accusam praesent. Nulla sanctus lorem amet dolore kasd lobortis dolore rebum esse rebum voluptua gubergren et accusam duo sit ipsum. Labore amet eu nulla sit vero sea vulputate sit autem in congue nobis et et lorem stet accusam feugiat. Dolore sadipscing dolor consequat magna diam minim. Dolor ut et vel blandit. Et option dolore sit dolor accusam.
Iusto clita mazim sed dolore ex autem rebum sit stet et rebum sanctus in diam. Nonumy at voluptua lorem vero et vulputate est amet sea diam labore facilisis praesent vero no facilisis ipsum. Nonumy sea dolore lorem stet magna dolores labore et quis eos accusam. Duo facilisis duis accusam ad at nostrud est vel amet erat ipsum facilisis exerci tempor ut velit stet. Ipsum lorem sea no eros doming rebum molestie. Eu accusam diam sed sanctus dolor et. Dolores erat rebum suscipit in. Rebum diam invidunt sit et dignissim magna eleifend ut eleifend lorem. Iusto gubergren dignissim eos voluptua amet suscipit sit eos vero quis. Zzril magna dolore nonumy sit. Eu rebum stet ipsum stet molestie at lorem sit et nibh et clita dolor consequat eirmod at sanctus.
Sample Output H3
Kasd aliquyam lorem nonumy. Nonumy erat ipsum aliquyam tempor no sed dolores accumsan et et est justo feugiat. Ad vero est. Sed takimata clita ea invidunt in sanctus est facilisis. Et lorem ea takimata id eos et diam ipsum. Vero velit amet molestie diam clita ut diam. Sea dolor labore voluptua amet praesent labore sed rebum erat tempor nulla lorem sit sit eirmod magna gubergren. Consetetur diam amet. Sadipscing amet delenit consequat takimata sea nonumy vero. Sit nulla velit voluptua elitr kasd lorem vulputate vero vel feugait duis kasd dolor odio.
Eos elit qui lobortis sit eu dolores. Suscipit zzril nonummy aliquyam rebum assum at est kasd sit. No et sed lorem nisl sed tempor dolore dolor sanctus sed lorem. Sadipscing et labore. Et est esse ipsum et labore praesent duis sea gubergren elitr. Dolore dolor lobortis sit. Duo blandit et ut clita dolor no amet ea consequat adipiscing labore sit nisl. Aliquip dolores amet sanctus facilisis no takimata ut dolor sadipscing option illum erat voluptua. Clita in ipsum nibh vero ut.
Sample Output H4
Tation nibh iriure ipsum et. Tempor sit eirmod eirmod wisi clita dolores stet commodo quod eos kasd volutpat sed sit dolore. Autem eos diam vero nonumy invidunt. Vel no labore praesent vulputate commodo nonummy sea velit ipsum est aliquyam kasd sadipscing delenit dolore aliquip et consetetur. Et rebum duo at duo sanctus. Magna takimata ut in dolor sed erat. Liber ipsum praesent et sit clita nulla mazim wisi suscipit dignissim tempor dolor. Labore aliquyam vulputate eum.
Et elitr ut et duis molestie option ipsum erat consetetur ut assum et duo sadipscing dolore. Erat sadipscing elitr voluptua accusam et. Delenit elitr ipsum magna elitr consetetur tempor labore amet no iriure enim autem dolores diam dolor erat vero. Voluptua magna et est ut takimata nonummy rebum sit esse et kasd duis dolor. Sit est nisl justo kasd invidunt eos vero quod in autem vel eos. Duo aliquyam nulla luptatum voluptua et voluptua lorem aliquip facilisis sea erat vel accumsan. Hendrerit lorem aliquyam at et nulla lorem. Clita ad consetetur lorem takimata in rebum. Consetetur et stet sed et hendrerit clita vel iusto ut justo amet velit kasd eleifend ullamcorper dolore erat amet. Zzril eirmod ullamcorper odio sit tempor enim amet eu dolores assum.
Sample Output H4
Consectetuer no facilisi dolor ea. Ea odio rebum eirmod feugait at est est dolor et odio amet erat lorem accusam vel accusam dolor quis. Odio no veniam duo. Labore wisi consetetur nonumy minim sadipscing accusam dolores. Invidunt molestie dolore illum ea sit in et ad labore clita dolores consetetur dolor sit eirmod eos gubergren. Consectetuer et takimata consetetur consetetur nobis accumsan gubergren clita ea lorem eos amet dolore nonumy ut cum sit ipsum.
Gubergren in gubergren tincidunt takimata in ullamcorper rebum sed ut facilisi soluta sit. Ex sanctus nonummy elitr labore elitr invidunt eu dolores sit duis amet. Accusam ea magna sea dolor erat nibh eos magna ea dolor ipsum rebum. Enim commodo magna eum possim ipsum dolor nisl diam voluptua eirmod nisl diam amet aliquyam labore rebum aliquyam. Justo in lorem dolor vero eos sea invidunt erat. Sit elitr vero et elitr ipsum sed invidunt. Sea elitr accusam amet eirmod est lorem nulla. Dolor elitr euismod dolor tempor est consetetur facilisis wisi eirmod eirmod eos magna vel dolores. Dolore labore stet amet ipsum eos. Invidunt ipsum eos nonumy ipsum dolor kasd iriure eos sadipscing justo consectetuer est sadipscing quis sanctus justo.
Sample Output H3
At feugait ad veniam voluptua sanctus lorem et et et. Consetetur diam stet. Nulla ipsum vel. Sit sadipscing tempor eum enim rebum clita. Kasd eirmod dolores iriure.
Dolore lorem duis tempor tempor sit et. Magna est dignissim dolore lorem duis et et dolor voluptua ullamcorper blandit aliquyam sit. Erat dolor dolor rebum sanctus elitr et vero sit. Justo est dolor sit eos ea amet ea lorem kasd. Gubergren eu ea et sit eum labore diam ut te nulla eu dolor duis dolor vulputate. Te ut lorem. No ipsum nulla hendrerit in ipsum nostrud gubergren et dolores. Hendrerit diam ex assum luptatum ea diam sit dolor et. Dolor facilisi dolor eirmod eum hendrerit voluptua duo feugait dolor clita sit ut no adipiscing.
Sample Output H4
Elitr dolor magna amet sanctus justo sanctus nonumy magna stet. Aliquip dolore nonumy est augue lorem ex sea sit lorem sed eos ut sanctus accumsan no veniam amet et. Et et eos lorem ut amet ea feugait assum vel et ut eros sit esse. Dolor takimata nonumy molestie stet nonummy et duo. Et dolore in assum at. Ipsum erat et no in sea dolor et kasd ut sed molestie sit cum in delenit.
Dolor minim lobortis duis dolor autem tation et sanctus dolore diam sed id et. No et ut ipsum. Facilisi cum sit tempor erat amet et nonumy elitr vel sadipscing takimata clita lorem dolor et lorem. Ut sed magna iriure dolor. Ut lorem exerci justo tincidunt at. Sea duis voluptua eu veniam ad odio dolore sed et blandit elitr iriure no nonumy sed sit. Consetetur et vero labore at vulputate dolor dolor dolor clita. Erat ipsum aliquyam et amet justo no liber sit aliquyam duo et sanctus takimata ut dolor.
Sample Output H4
Laoreet duo vel stet accusam ipsum tempor sed. Sit vel ipsum no dignissim vero quod ea odio et at ipsum. Id et kasd blandit amet est dolore diam accusam dolor veniam et nonumy stet zzril. Diam dolore delenit ea rebum dolore ut ipsum accusam ipsum sadipscing adipiscing ut sit option eu sed ut. Consequat ut iusto et. No dolor amet magna at duo magna eu sadipscing lorem nonumy diam amet dolores. Et eirmod clita duis. Stet nonumy duo justo diam et aliquyam lorem hendrerit sed.
No dolor takimata. Amet lorem eos dolore ea diam sit at clita nulla labore stet at nonumy ipsum eos gubergren at volutpat. Sed magna sed elitr est diam nonumy ea et ea magna sadipscing feugait sadipscing et labore eirmod at consetetur. Stet diam takimata option ipsum duo nihil option magna veniam ea labore labore velit eirmod stet stet magna. At facilisi eirmod amet dolor diam sed odio adipiscing dolores delenit molestie labore.